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| Size | 22.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2700 items) |
| Abstract | Nelson Benton (1924-1988) was a native of Danville, Va., and 1949 graduate of the University of North Carolina. Benton was a television and radio news correspondent, who spent most of his career working for various divisions within CBS News, which he joined in 1960. Prior to that, he had worked for WBTV, the CBS television affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. The collection contains subject files, appointment books, assignment notebooks, scripts, official press packs, and other papers documenting more than 20 years of Benton's career at various divisions of CBS News. Topics include Martin Luther King's movements as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, white supremicists murdering activists, the trial of Jack Ruby, and strategic and political developments in Vietnam during 1967. There are also materials relating to Benton's coverage of George Wallace's third-party candidacy in 1968 and the Democratic and Republican conventions of that year. In addtion, there are items relating to Benton's co-anchorage of CBS reports on the 1973 Watergate hearings and on the Gemini and Apollo manned space flights. Later materials relate to Benton's specialization in reporting energy issues and the environment. |
| Creator | Benton, Nelson. |
| Language | English |
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Nelson Benton (1924-1988) was a native of Danville, Va., and 1949 graduate of the University of North Carolina. Benton was a television and radio news correspondent, who spent most of his career working for various divisions within CBS News, which he joined in 1960. Prior to that, he had worked for WBTV, the CBS television affiliate in Charlotte, N.C.
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The collection contains subject files, appointment books, assignment notebooks, scripts, official press packs, and other papers documenting more than 20 years of Benton's career at various divisions of CBS News. Nelson Benton's notebooks contain to-do lists, contact information, event notes, and drafts of news stories about a wide variety of events. Topics include Martin Luther King's movements as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, white supremicists murdering activists, the trial of Jack Ruby, and strategic and political developments in Vietnam during 1967. There are also materials relating to Benton's coverage of George Wallace's third-party candidacy in 1968 and the Democratic and Republican conventions of that year. In addtion, there are items relating to Benton's co-anchorage of CBS reports on the 1973 Watergate hearings and on the Gemini and Apollo manned space flights. Later materials relate to Benton's specialization in reporting energy issues and the environment.
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Series 1. Subject Files, 1963-1986.
Contains files relating to various issues Nelson Benton covered for CBS News, biographical information on Nelson Benton, talks given by Nelson Benton, office communications, and other materials realting to CBS News. For the most part, original titles have been retained.
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Series 2. Other Papers, 1962-1987.
Contains planners, scripts of Nelson Benton's news broadcasts on various subjects, assignment notebooks, and official press packs from conventions, meetings, and other similar events.
The notebooks contain Nelson Benton's to-do lists, contact information, event notes, and drafts of news stories about a wide variety of events, including Martin Luther King's movements as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, white supremicists murdering activists, the trial of Jack Ruby, and strategic and political developments in Vietnam during 1967. There are also materials relating to Benton's coverage of George Wallace's third-party candidacy in 1968 and the Democratic and Republican conventions of that year. In addtion, there are items relating to Benton's co-anchorage of CBS reports on the 1973 Watergate hearings and on the Gemini and Apollo manned space flights. Later materials relate to Benton's specialization in reporting energy issues and the environment.
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Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, August 1991
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Finding aid updated in December 2012 by: Danielle Fasig and Julie Seifert
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